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Russell Malone: Playground
by Jack Bowers
MaxJazz, which has showcased jazz musicians in series devoted to various instruments (piano, horns, vocals), tapped guitarist Russell Malone to launch its String Series—an inspired choice, as Malone is one of the fastest rising stars on the contemporary jazz horizon, a superb technician who plays with exceptional warmth and congeniality. Playground is basically a quartet date ...
Russell Malone: Playground
by Russ Musto
Considering the breadth of his talent, it is somewhat surprising that Russell Malone has recorded somewhat sparingly as a leader. On this, his sixth and arguably best disc to date, he confirms his status as one of the most versatile straight-ahead jazz guitarists playing music today. Malone is at home in a wide range of styles ...
Russell Malone: Playground
by C. Michael Bailey
Russell Malone is a guitarist’s guitarist. He shares with Joe Pass the distinction for being equally a superb accompanist and leader, as evidenced by recordings with Diana Krall, Harry Connick, Jr., Shirley Horn and Wynton Marsalis—as well as his own recordings. He opens MaxJazz's inaugural String Series with two originals for jazz quartet. “You Should have ...
Playground
By Rob Mazurek
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Blow Up, Flamingos Dancing on Luminescent Moonbeams, Boiled Over, Le Sucrier Velours,
Components Changes, Playground, Jeff's New Idea, The Inner Soul of H, Whitney, Ostinato
(68:06).
Robert Mazurek: Playground
by Jack Bowers
This is an interesting and varied session, one for which chief planner Rob Mazurek deserves no less than a solid “e" for effort. Mazurek, whose main ax is cornet, has plowed under his hard-boppin' roots and started afresh on a Playground that more closely conforms to his evolving musical perspective. Mazurek is accompanied on the odyssey ...
Playground
By Dale Barlow
Label: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music)
Released: 1997
